Flying-machine.



MqA-QAMSKI. FLYI NG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILE-10.05918, 19H.

Patented Sept-.3, 191s.

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M. ADAMSKI.

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M. ADAMSKI. FLYING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED DEC 18, E917.

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attoz mug disclosed MARCIN ADAMSKI, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FLYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

Application filed December 18, 1917. Serial No. 207,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAROIN ADAMsKI, a

citizen of Russia, residing at Cleveland, in

the county of Cuyahoga and State .of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Flying-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in flying machines.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a flying machine having an engine and propeller shaft movably supported thereby whereby the engine and propeller shaft is capable of moving in vertical and horizontal directions for purposes of steering the machine as well as elevating and lowering the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a flying machine having an engine and propeller shaft'arranged adjacent each end thereof and wherein each of said engines and propeller shafts is capable of ering the machine. 1

The above objects being the material ones merous details of construction which will be hereinafter more fully described and then claimed.

-- In the drawings forming a part of this application, which show the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and to which references had herein by like characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sec tional view taken through a flying machine,

illustrating the centrally positioned inflated gas bag and with one of the propelling engines shown in dotted line position for elevating the machine.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the flying machine, partially broken away, and illustrating in dotted lines the'propellers moved to a different horizontal position forpur poses of changing the forward direction of travel of the machine. Fig. 3 is an end elevational view thereof.

elevating and lowin this application, it isnotedthat many novel features exist in the, nu-- shaped groove or Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view taken centrally through the machine and illustrating the side compartments and'inflated bag.

Fig, 5,is a side elevational view of a portion of the engine and mount therefor partially shown in section. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the part shown in Fig. 5 illustrating the means for moving the engine and mount thereforon its Vertical axis, and Fig. 7 is a side elevational View of the engine and mount and a portion of the supporting bracket therefor illustrating the 'manner of shifting the engine mount on its horizontal axis,

and fo retaining the same in fixed position.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, the reference numeral 10 designates the bottom or floor portion of the flying machine body, each side wall 11 thereof tapering toward the adjacent end as at 12 while portions 13 and 14 extend from the top and bottom walls of the frame. As illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the opposite sides 11 of the frame have outwardly extending compartments 15 provided with window openings 16 and communicating I with the interior of the machine frame by the passages'17. By this construction the machine body or frame tapers toward each end, from both sides and the top and-bottom and as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 the meeting edges of the tapered sides, and top and bottom are spaced to provide a cross passage way including a vertical leg 18 and a horizontal leg 19.

A gas inflated flexible bag 20 is positioned centrally of the machine frame and is inclosed by thespaced vertical walls or partitions 21 having the lower mouth portion 22 thereof received and retained in the collar portion 23 carried by the floor portion 10,

openings 24 and 25 being provided in the bottom and top respectively of the frame body) whereby the air may act directly upon the ag 20. v v

The propelling means for the flying machine is arranged'in duplicate, a machine and pi opeller operated therebybeing located at each end of the machine, and a description of one will suflice for both, the

engine and mount construction being more clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and to 7, and including a Vertical standard bracket 26 having a:- horizontal portion 27 projecting rearwardly from the upper end 28 thereof, a platform 2-9 having depending lugs 30 pivotally secured upon the bolt 31 in the upper end 28, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. The shaft 31 projects laterally of the vertical standard bracket 26 and has a gear wheel fixed thereon. The rojecting end of the horizontal portion 2 is provided with a stub shaft 33 upon which is fixed a pinion 34 and motion is communicated from said pinion 34 to the gear 32 by the sprocket chain 35, a handle 36 being provided for the shaft 33 by which said shaft is operated. In order to hold the sprocket Wheels and chain stationary, there is provided a ratchet wheel 37 fixed upon the stub shaft 33 and adapted to be engaged by the pawl 38 and clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 7.

i A turn table 39 is centrally pivoted upon the mount 29 by the king bolt 40 as illustrated in Fig. 5, the rear edge of said turn table 39 being curved on an arc concentric with the king bolt 40 and provided upon said curved edge with a series of rack teeth c 41; A lug extension 42 inwardly projects from the mount 29 and vertically journaled in said lug 42 is a stub shaft 43 provided naled in a bearing 49 carried by said turn with an operating handle 44 positioned beneath the lug and mount 29 and having fixed to the upper end thereof, a pinion 45 in constant mesh with the rack teeth 41 upon the inner end of the turn table 39. In order to hold the turn table 39 stationary relative to the mount 29, there is provided a swinging dog 46 adapted to engage the teeth of the pinion 45 to render the same non-rotatable, and thereby lock the turn table 39 against rotation.

The engine 47 is fixed upon the turn table 39 and the power shaft 48 thereof is jourtable 39 and said power shaft projects through the slotted ends 18 and 19 of the ends 12 of the machine frame and has fixed upon the outer projecting end thereof a propeller 50 of any desired form.

From the above detail description of the device it is thought that the operation thereof will be at once apparent it being noted that the buoyancy of the machine is primarily caused by the inflated gas bag 20, one of these bags being shown it being understood that any numberpdesired may be employed. WVith the machine ready to start, and upon the ground or other support, the locking'dog 38 is removed from the ratchet wheel 37 and the handle 36 upon the stub shaft 39 revolved in a direction to cause the sprocket chain 35 to rotate the gear 32 and in turn, the shaft 31 upon which the engine mount 29 is horizontally supported, this movement of the chain shifting the engine 47, propeller shaft 48 and propeller 50 to the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 1 whereby the machine may initially operate as a helicopter.

When the machine has reached the desired height, and is ready for forward travel or upward inclined travel the angularity of the propeller shaft 48 may be readily controlled by the mechanism just described. The present arrangements of engine mount and propeller is also designed for steering the machine in changing the course of travel thereof and when this is desired the locking dog 38 engages the ratchet wheel 37 to hold the engine mount 29 in a fixed horizontal position as is illustrated in Fig. 2. .The swinging dog 46 is then released from the pinion 45 and the hand wheel 44 operated to cause the pinion 45 in mesh with the rack 41 to shift the turn table 39 and with it the engine 47, and propeller shaft 48 through the horizontal portion 19 of the slotted end of the frame. VViththis arrangement of de vices it is possible to elevate and guide the flying machine by the peculiar mounting of the propelling motors, power shafts and propellers and'this particular embodiment of the invention is what is believed to be the preferred form thereof, but it is to be understood that various changes may be made in details of construction which will fall within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed.

What 1 claim as new is 1. A flying machine including'a body portion, each end of said body portion having cross shaped slots therein, a vertical standard bracket adjacent each end of the machine body, a shaft journaled in the upper end of said standard bracket, an arm extending 'rearwardly from the upper end of said bracket, a mounting plate horizontally pivoted upon said shaft, chain and sprocket mechanism associated with said shaft for moving the mounting plate upon its horizontal pivot, means for holding the sprocket .chain mechanism and mounting plate staadapted for shifting said propeller shaft projecting through said crossed slots at the through the horizontal and vertical portions intersection of the latter, and means for mov- 10 of said slots.- ing said engine vertically and horizontally 2. A flying, machine including a body to move said shaft in said crossed slots, sub- 3 frame having crossed slots in one end thereof stantially as and for the purpose described. arranged at right angles to each other, an In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature. engine movably supported Within said body v frame and having a rigid propeller shaft MARCIN ADAMSKI. 

